The Revolution Might be Televised?

The Revolution Might be Televised?

Filmmaker Boots Riley’s latest film I Love Boosters hit theaters last weekend. Nice Work’s Alex Chambers spoke with Riley at a live event on the IU campus. They talked about making TV versus making movies, and how either could get people involved in working class social movements. Then we check in with Pillar Arts and tune in to the Bloomington Amateur Radio Club.

Inclusive Design, the New Granfalloon, and our Latest Recs

Kay Sargent on neuroinclusive interior design. This summer’s Granfalloon. And your hosts talk about a few items you should check out. If you want.

Tiny Desks, Tiny Cups, and A Big World of Miniatures

Kayte Young goes to the biggest miniatures show in the Midwest and comes back to Bloomington to ask a friend: why make miniature things? Tyler Lake brings us an obituary for the Orbit Room. And a Tiny Desk entrant raps in Louisiana Creole.

Miniatures – It's a Big World

Kayte has a friend who is into miniatures. She makes them herself, pottery mostly, but she also goes to shows and connects with miniaturists all over the world. She wanted Kayte to check out the biggest miniatures show in the Midwest, the Dick Bishop International in Chicago. She said it was mind blowing.   Kayte went to the show. And it was indeed very impressive. But what she found most compelling was her friend Amanda’s practice of making miniature objects and what her involvement in the world of miniatures means to her.

Karol Lagodzki on Controlled Conversations, Covering Arts isn't Futile, and the Foolins' a Tiny Desk Contest Hopeful

This week on Nice Work we talk with writer Karol Lagodzki about his novel Controlled Conversations, set during a period of martial law in Poland in the early 1980’s. We check in with one of WFIU’s Local Favorites from the NPR Tiny Desk Contest: Bloomington band The Foolins, and we preview the Mini Midwest Print Fest.